Former correctional officer's rape trial underway

Jury set to start deliberations today

3:23 AM,
Oct. 30, 2013

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The jury is expected to get the case today in Ross County Common Pleas Court in the two-day rape trial of a former correctional officer.

Roger A. Benson, 54, faces life in prison if convicted of the first-degree felony because of the young age of the reported victim.

During opening statements Tuesday, Assistant Ross County Prosecutor Jeff Marks told the jury to expect testimony that Benson had rubbed the 4-year-old girl's genital area and digitally penetrated her while she was asleep in bed with him and his wife. ...